# Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, says a whole-of-government approach remains central to the future of policing in the province. The province’s fourth-quarter crime statistics for the 2025/2026 financial year show a 5.9-percent decline in contact crimes between January and March this year, with murder down 15-percent, rape down by 9.9-percent, and attempted murder down […]
# Rugby: Scotland’s South Africa-born Duhan van der Merwe, New Zealand legend, TJ Perenara, and England’s Kyle Sinckler have been named in the Barbarians squad to face the Springboks in Gqeberha next Saturday. Van der Merwe, who has scored 35 tries in 53 Tests for his adopted nation, will wear the famous jersey for the first […]
# President Donald Trump says the US must, of necessity, respond against Iran after it shot down an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening. The two soldiers on the Apache had been patrolling waters off the coast of Oman when the crash happened. They were safely rescued by a sea drone […]
# The Israeli Defence Force launched fresh strikes in Lebanon yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding 32. This is despite the IDF issuing an evacuation warning to residents of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Israel and Iran paused hostilities on Monday, after an Israeli strike on Beirut targeting the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah triggered […]
# The ANC says the economy growing by 0.5-percent in the first quarter of this year provides encouraging evidence that the economic reforms and interventions implemented by the government are contributing to improved economic activity. According to Statistics South Africa, the finance industry was the largest contributor on the production side of the economy, contributing […]
# AgriSA says South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded a record trade surplus of about 29-billion-rand in the first three months of this year. The surplus was driven by strong horticultural exports such as grapes, citrus and wine. However, the organisation’s CEO Johann Kotzé warns challenges such as foot-and-mouth disease and declining exports to some markets […]
# AgriSA sê Suid-Afrika se landbousektor het ‘n rekordhandelsurplus van ongeveer 29-miljard-rand in die eerste drie maande van hierdie jaar aangeteken. Die surplus is aangevuur deur sterk uitvoere van tuinbouprodukte soos druiwe, sitrus en wyn. Die uitvoerende hoof, Johann Kotzé, waarsku egter uitdagings soos bek-en-klouseer en dalende uitvoere na sommige markte steeds prestasie beperk. Kotzé […]
# Trade union Solidarity says the latest gross domestic product figures are disappointing and show that South Africa’s economy is still growing too slowly and not enough to address unemployment and economic problems. The union blames high costs and government policies for holding back investment and hurting key sectors like manufacturing. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit sê die jongste bruto binnelandse produksyfers is teleurstellend en dui aan Suid-Afrika se ekonomie groei steeds te stadig en nie genoeg word gedoen om werkloosheid en ekonomiese probleme aan te spreek nie. Die vakbond blameer hoë koste en regeringsbeleide vir beleggings wat terughou word en sleutelsektore soos vervaardiging benadeel. Theuns du […]
